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Barbara


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Wow! just spent a few hours reading Step 1. Brought up alot of my past present emotions etc. Now I have a pit in my stomach. Ever happen to anyone else? I think Im going to skip the chat meeting and go read something else. Maybe go to bed

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Yep, some of this stuff is hard to face. I used to walk home from therapy feeling like I had just spent the last hour throwing up.

Once you face it though, it kinda loses its power over you.

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It's hard to face all of your emotions and be completely honest.  Also, change can be dificult.  Sometimes when i am working my program I feel terrible and unsure because it is taking actions I am not used to.

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hey girl, you got it right in your head, just not in your heart yet.  We wil survive!


Josey



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Hi Barbara,


Admitting powerlessness over something we have been trying to control and trusting in a HP to take care of can put us thru many feelings. If you aren't use to it, its harder when you are new to changing things around. The more you practice the easier it gets and sometimes you are so glad you didn't have to do the work for someone else. It can be awsome to see the work of the HP. And sometimes it real hard to let the outcome be without trying to control some of it. It doesn't mean you don't care.


Take care and keep reaching out


 



-- Edited by d53sjurne at 21:39, 2006-03-04

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((((((Barbara))))))))


I think we tend to think we have it all figured out, and all under control. It is real hard to admitt we don't.


It is still frustrating that we can't control it, but it makes it easier to know we are not failures, that no one can control it.


It does get easier, never easy, just easier.


hang in there.


                                  love jeannie



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Hello Barbara,


Oh yes, I remember that well! Not only that feeling, but I was totally exhausted and felt like I had been hit by a truck. It was so worth it though. My sponsor finally had to tell me to slow down and quit working so fast and hard. When my daughter was in treatment for 2 months, I also worked my program every day and went to daily or bidaily meetings. When we work it, it works. Just go with the flow and keep reaching out for support. cdb :)



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Yep, doing my 1st step work was a real downer.  I was told that it would probably feel like that especially if you were really honest with it, but not to get stuck in it and move right on to step 2 which is where you will find there is hope.


I just finished my 2nd step and low and behold the promises I hear from those who have done it before me comes true yet again!  It left me not with a pit like the 1st step, but with hope.  Just like I was told.



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Barbara, I got all the way up to Step 3 before I decided I needed to start over again.  I'm now walking around Step 1, sniffing at it and shoving it with my toe.  The problem that keeps coming up is a lack of trust in God. (See God? All these bad things happened even though I was praying for Right Action. Didn't look like Right Action to me, so why should I trust You?) Intellectually I know better -- the bad stuff had to do with human choices, not God. But sometimes I still think I can do a better job with my life than God.  Even though I've proven repeatedly that I can't.  (What's that definition of insanity? Doing or thinking the same thing over & over, and expecting a different result?) hehehe

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Barbara


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I took a good look at Step 2 this morning. It was easier than looking at Step 1.

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